The Living is a New York-based innovation studio that designed the Alive architecture prototype. The studio puts biology, computation, and sustainability at the core of its work. Moreover, The Living studio designed a mycelium structure for NASA to experiment with housing on Mars.
Alive is the studio's latest innovation of microbial communities. The structure is made from a calibration of grain, light, and airflow. It pushes the boundaries of probiotic buildings and multi-species architecture. Currently, the architectural prototype is on view at the Venice Architecture Biennale to demonstrate how organic materials and microbial communities can create functional architectural structures. In addition, this type of construction makes eco-friendly alternatives to our current wasteful and carbon-dense construction methods.
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Why This Trend Is Growing
- Probiotic Architecture
- The idea of creating functional architectural structures using organic materials and microbial communities, presents opportunities for disrupting traditional construction methods.
- Mycelium Structures for Space
- Designing sustainable housing for space exploration experiments presents opportunities for concepts like The Living's mycelium structure designed for NASA.
- Multi-species Architecture
- Designing buildings that incorporate multiple species, like The Living's Alive architecture prototype, could inspire disruptive innovations in architecture and urban planning.
Industries Being Reshaped
- Architecture
- The probiotic sustainable structures trend, specifically The Living's Alive architecture prototype, presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the architecture industry to create more sustainable and eco-friendly buildings.
- Space Exploration
- Designing sustainable housing for space exploration experiments presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the space exploration industry, as seen with The Living's mycelium structure designed for NASA.
- Materials Science
- The use of organic materials and microbial communities in construction, as seen with The Living's Alive architecture prototype, presents disruptive innovation opportunities for the materials science industry to develop new sustainable building materials.
